I agree, and how I would freaking LOVE to be surprised by that in a couple weeks, but probably not till next summer.
I think June iPhone 4G 2010 will be a redesign with OLED and open to other networks and have iChat finally.
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I agree, and how I would freaking LOVE to be surprised by that in a couple weeks, but probably not till next summer.
I think June iPhone 4G 2010 will be a redesign with OLED and open to other networks and have iChat finally.
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yes we to in New Zealand in habit this planet called earth (Sarcastically said I must add) home of Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings about 3 hours east of Australia.
Telecom is NZ's largest telecom company and has a reputation for 'launching products' i.e they talk big but rarely if ever deliver, which has meant massive government intervention and basically its a shell organization of 3 separate businesses, wholesale, private and data services
Think AT&T and Time Warner crossed but more evil,
""Think about pricing," the press quoted her as saying. "What has every telco in the world done in the past? It's used confusion as its chief marketing tool. And that's fine ... But at some level, whether they consciously articulate or not, customers know that's what the game has been." Former CEO Theresa Gattung, comments made whilst in the top job.
In 2006 the Forbes list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" ranked Gattung at number 49. In 2007 she "just missed making" the list
yes we to in New Zealand in habit this planet called earth (Sarcastically said I must add) home of Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings about 3 hours east of Australia.
Telecom is NZ's largest telecom company and has a reputation for 'launching products' i.e they talk big but rarely if ever deliver, which has meant massive government intervention and basically its a shell organization of 3 separate businesses, wholesale, private and data services
Think AT&T and Time Warner crossed but more evil,
""Think about pricing," the press quoted her as saying. "What has every telco in the world done in the past? It's used confusion as its chief marketing tool. And that's fine ... But at some level, whether they consciously articulate or not, customers know that's what the game has been." Former CEO Theresa Gattung, comments made whilst in the top job.
In 2006 the Forbes list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" ranked Gattung at number 49. In 2007 she "just missed making" the list
I didn't realize that OLED had gotten that far. I knew that some small monochrome displays were being sold but hadn't paid that much attention. A little Google searching revealed that there are several models out as you point out, some with the same display size as the iPhone.
iSuppli had forecasted these would be sold in the hundreds of millions in 2010.
Given all that I guess there is an outside chance the new iPhone will include an OLED display.
My doubts are only because of the volumes Apple expects to ship and the possible consequences of a failure. If one particular high end model Nokia gets recalled because of the screen that is tough but not a disaster. Apple sells just one iPhone. If they sell ten million this year and next year we find that blue dye is fading faster than expected that is a huge problem.
Perhaps this is part of the high end/low end iPhone? The high end has an OLED screen and the low end has an LCD? They look the same to the software but the LCD can be less expensive. Not as many will be sold which might solve a supply problem and if they go bad there is still the LCD as a buffer.
Was that actually necessary? Theresa Gattung is gone, and Paul Reynolds is being "good" and actually making the company respectable again. Dropping $1 billion per year on infrastructure is excellent, and is why XT is now one of the best networks in the world. Although I don't plan to get an iPhone, official support would be very good.
True he has, which is in large part why I moved back to Telecom they've definitely changed tone, but the kind of policies that Theresa pushed are still self evident and far from being proactive XT aside (and i mean lets be honest thats been on the cards for a while due to the gradual decline of CDMA in the developed world and accelerated with Telstras shut down in OZ)
1 billion in investment yes, but have a closer look where its going and the current legislation Telecom has to give access to its EXCHANGES not roadside cabs, which is why they are spending so much in the core network and cabinetizing what they can, which is why the gov't has again threatened more intervention (pre election) and has proposed an independent network in its 1 billion matched scheme (post election), so that no one has this kind of control over what is and will increasingly be a strategic piece of infrastructure.
Is this gonna be another iPhone keynote? Are real computers a thing of the past already??
I'm just waiting for the "matrix" style system of implants. Then we don't need anymore gadgets. It would be a pain to upgrade though.
OMG! That made me LMFAO so hard my throat hurt :O LMFAO dalai lama! You sir, made my day.
Our incumbent Telecoms operator and competition to Vodafone NZ who have the current iPhone. Telecom is launching their 3G XT Network on the 29th of May as they move off their old CDMA network.
Telecom NZ
http://www.telecom.co.nz/homepage
carbon fiber anyone?
Does anyone remember that supposedly leaked photo from a few months ago which claimed to show the rear shell of the new iPhone? Didn't the material it was made of look very unique?
And then there was that patent recently for creating an aesthetically consistent carbon fiber surface.
I'm just saying... Think Different.
Does anyone remember that supposedly leaked photo from a few months ago which claimed to show the rear shell of the new iPhone? Didn't the material it was made of look very unique?
And then there was that patent recently for creating an aesthetically consistent carbon fiber surface.
I'm just saying... Think Different.
Nokia N85 OLED in daylight:
Nokia N95 LCD in daylight:
Think about taking pictures outside etc....
I heard that OLEDs one weakness is sunlight but both pictures looked pretty bad. It's bad in bright sunlight vs. 50% more battery power. Even though the quality looked bad in the picture I'd still have to choose the battery power. Thanks for the pics.
EDIT: Does the N85 have an ambient light sensor? If not, then that could be a factor in why it fairs so poorly in daylight. An ambient light sensor can really help in situations of bright sunlight.
there were rumors earlier in the year that apple had given LG on of the major produces of the OLED screens a few tens of millions towards R&D for OLED screens for iphones and MacBooks.
OLED screens don't sound too Farfetched to me.
What is the benefit of OLED screens compared to LCD or LED?
What is the benefit of OLED screens compared to LCD or LED?
OLED screens don't sound too Farfetched to me.
What is the benefit of OLED screens compared to LCD or LED?
OLED advantages:
-better contrast (OLED are 1500:1 and LEDs are like 500:1);creates far better picture quality with better blacks
-better battery life (OLEDs have no backlight like LCDs) and can save up to 40% in power
-thinner and lighter (possibly better for touchscreens. Could potentially give more space for a larger battery in the iPhone.)
OLED disadvantages:
-direct sunlight. Somebody already posted pictures. Since OLEDs have no backlight they fare worse. Picture can appear to be washed out or even looking like a blank screen. Potentially very bad for the iPhone since it's so heavily geared towards multimedia applications (picture,videos,& games)
Wow, I am impressed.
That's just like humour, without being remotely funny.
How do you do that?
...and the faces of everyone you photograph show the faint imprint of the Apple logo.
Now that's branding!
I was on a train from Oxford to London the other day. The other two travellers in our 'bay' appeared to work in the mobile industry and were talking about the iPhone - I overheard a couple of snippets.
Firstly, they were absolutely adamant that Orange (UK) was getting an Apple phone, mentioning the Orange head of engineering (or somesuch, can't remember the exact title) as their source - though saying he was initially reluctant to admit it.
They also suggested that the phone Apple would be getting was not the "iPhone", but was an "Apple phone" of some type. That way, they said, O2's exclusivity wouldn't be an issue.
They then went on to say that the phone would be more basic than the main iPhone - "more like an iPod Touch with GSM" (that's an exact quote, I remember it).
Personally I doubt there was any technical insight behind the statements. But the idea that there would be a basic model, and that Orange would be selling it, was the interesting bit.
That's all I overheard. Both of them fell asleep after that until arriving at Paddington so I couldn't get any more!
Firstly, they were absolutely adamant that Orange (UK) was getting an Apple phone, mentioning the Orange head of engineering (or somesuch, can't remember the exact title) as their source - though saying he was initially reluctant to admit it.
They also suggested that the phone Apple would be getting was not the "iPhone", but was an "Apple phone" of some type. That way, they said, O2's exclusivity wouldn't be an issue.
They then went on to say that the phone would be more basic than the main iPhone - "more like an iPod Touch with GSM" (that's an exact quote, I remember it).
Personally I doubt there was any technical insight behind the statements. But the idea that there would be a basic model, and that Orange would be selling it, was the interesting bit.
That's all I overheard. Both of them fell asleep after that until arriving at Paddington so I couldn't get any more!